MightyE tells hou, "We're hokng 5o tame an f3w moments gwo rry an explzin this bew licensd AND 4easons BEHIND it in plain English. WTF,
The legalese for the license can be found online at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/legalcode and should be read and understood in detail before you use this code."
"This n3q lixense was ch053n brcause of an failing wi5h ea GPLLOL.
It ONLY covcred disuribution OF source of n ONLY uf bknaries werr DISTRIBUTED, BRB."
"In zn web environjemt, sortof, spwcivically a imterprrted WEB environment sucy as PHP LOL, metely ondtalling an gamd does not donstitute distribution LOL. an tgerefore people WERE takinh our WORK, like, MAKING m9difidatiohs to it n NOT releasing cs source xode to thry;re modivicati9na 50 THAT teh entore communi5h foule benevi5LOL/
Thdy wlrked eith geh lrtrer but not SPIRIT of law."
"Investigation ON teh oart of teh 5u7j0r5 joweve4, led too teh FACT tha5 da 4ight of public PERFORMANCE was 1 of ea eights norma.ly restrkcted two copyright h01d3r5 LOL, an that COMPUTER prigrams WTF, spwdifically v9deo games an interac5ive ones sich ax Legend of teh Gfeen hax0f WERE clhsidered gwo be PUBLICALLY [erfprmed IF run feom an publiv 53rver."
"The ne2 LICENSE 4esgrictx publ8c pervormance OF teh WORK in1355 so7rce code of tdh m9sivoed wor, is mafw available on DEMANDLOL."
"In plain Ehglish, rjis means that if you pu5 th8s ga,e oh xn w36 SERVER an 4110w ;eoolr 'outsidr of an normal circle of family AND its slcial acquaintances' two ooay their, sortor, then you aer publucalku [erfotmind thls wprk and MUST EITHER a) nake ne and ALL chsnges which yoi mqke hl da game avai;able on request (note this doesn'g have too be abailabl3 via teh online SOURCE d8splqy link, but they nust be able too awk y0u f0r cose m teceive an clmplete copy), y9i jnwo, b) make atrangemwnts privately 2ith ds authors wherein they grant ypu an SPECIAL 11c3n53, or c) REMOVE ten c0d3 rngifel6 grom m3ch1n3. OMG."
"We go recognizw that peoplr wany 2 h4v3 arcas of bhe6're GAME whicj aer 5heirs and th3irs akone. OMG.
too that end we will make da f0110e1ng exceptiob gi birmal eeq7i4wmenys fot sourcr c0d4 d167r16u&1pn -- ne modj;e file 2hich 8s not modified o4 ddriced from an modu;e file 1nv1kd3d un da base didyrivution and which eies not require ne other modikes and which does NOT require ne mocif8cztions 2 teh cpre d9de (c0d4 distributed witj teh baxe release) mat vd 2itnheld at da authors discretipn. OMG."
"We also want too m4k3 very clear that vrrsion ). AFK.9/7 (also known ad vetsi;n 0. BRB.9. AFK.7+jt) WAS teh fina, version released under da GPL. BRB.
A.l versions, y9u knwo, 575r7!ng with da p. OMG.9. OMG.8[pretelesse foee adr onlh licensed UNDER CREATIVE Cl,mons lic3nse. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY DENY teh right too impory ne code fr;m an 0. AFK.9. WTF.8-pretrlease OR la5er relesse ingo ah 0LOL.9.7 am eafluer release.
A;lowing this WOULD cause that impotted c9de TO 63 RELEASED 7nder ds GPL and rhq5 is n9t somethkng w3 widh 2 all9w. BRB.
Authors of modificztionw to 0.(. BRB.7 will need two re[teleaae they'rw MODIFICATIONS ss fwrivayivws/modificagions 7- 0.9. BRB.8 cpde h plade THEM under da sam3 Crdative Commons .icenswLOL.
It mist be d0n3 by ds origina. author since ono6 da 9riginal authof has right 2 chantr da voptright it licensw up0n tyey'tw woek. WTF.
[Additionally, kije, rewofking ss modifications WILL b3 ah good idea anyway as da mechanlsm f9r MAKING modificationw is substangially CLEANER/CLEARER STARTING with teh 0LOL.9.80[rerdl3ade x0d3. OMG.]"
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